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APS Rising Star designation for Angelo Romano 05 February 2023Social Psychologist Angelo Romano have been awarded the ASP Rising Star designation. This award is presented to outstanding APS members in the earlies...
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Adolescents experience how susceptible they are to fake news with VR glasses and rubber hands 03 February 2023BrainTrain: an initiative from Leiden University in which a team of students visit high schools to make adolescents more resilient against disinformat...
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Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants 02 February 2023Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has...
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All episodes of Breingeheim now available on Spotify 01 February 2023All five episodes of the first season of 'Breingeheim' are now available to listen on Spotify. The first season of the podcastseries is about the soci...
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Leiden interdisciplinary research opportunities in health and disease prevention 01 February 2023
Are you a Leiden researcher looking for opportunities for interdisciplinary research and collaboration in the fields of local communities, health and ...
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European subsidy for Ellen de Bruijn: ‘Hormonal fluctuations in women have been ignored for too long in brain research’ 31 January 2023Psychologist Ellen de Bruijn studies the effects of hormonal fluctuations on behaviour and on the brain over a woman's life course. With an ERC Consol...
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ICT conference Our Digital Future: ‘This touches on everything we do here’ 31 January 2023What are the digital challenges facing us now and in the near future? This was the question discussed by over 250 ICT experts, functional application ...
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A quick call with Joop van der Born about the ISSC’s refer-a-friend scheme 31 January 2023The University urgently needs IT talent. The ISSC has therefore started a pilot refer-a-friend scheme: if you recommend someone you know for a hard-to...
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Kicking off with preparations for new academic year of education 31 January 2023On 24 January, the Education Kick Off took place in PLNT: the perfect opportunity for teachers and course coordinators to get inspired and informed fo...
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Four reasons why you should make use of LLInC, the brand-new knowledge centre 31 January 2023Educational innovation provides both opportunities and challenges for lecturers. How do you put your innovative ideas into practice or how do you choo...
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ERC Consolidator Grants for three Leiden researchers 31 January 2023From the effects of hormone fluctuations in women via the interior structure of giant planets to the prehistory of the languages: three Leiden researc...
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Institute managers Marjolein and Wiesje: Ambitious on the work floor, in the restaurant and on the football field 30 January 2023Marjolein van Reisen has been Institute Manager Finance for a year, and Wiesje Zikkenheiner has been Institute Manager HR for two months. This duo job...
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The more time, the better the kidney 26 January 2023There are never enough donor organs. And the organs that there are have to be transplanted at lightning speed. Medical science is therefore working ha...
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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year 26 January 2023Auke-Florian Hiemstra, an external PhD candidate at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022. With more than 1,00...
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Healthy living? People often want to solve problems like debt or mouldy walls first 25 January 2023Doctors can repair a lot, but preventing or delaying illness is better. This often requires lifestyle change and that turns out to be difficult. Dr. V...